Charles II of Alencon

Charles II "the Magnanimous" of Alencon (1297-26 August 1346) was a French nobleman who was Count of Alencon and Perche from 1325 to 1346 and Count of Chartres and Joigny from 1335 to 1336. The brother of King Philip VI of France, he was killed at the Battle of Crecy in 1346.

Biography
Charles de Valois was born in 1297, the son of Charles of Valois and the brother of Philip VI of France, the first Valois monarch of France. He fought in a 1324 campaign in Aquitaine and against Flemish rebels at Cassel in 1328, and he had five children, including Charles III, Philippe, Peter II, and Robert. Charles fought against the English in Brittany in 1340 and was ultimately slain at the Battle of Crecy in 1346.